To answer Ron's question earlier about if the tour included looking at the Intrepid settling pods and Salt piles....No not during the tour.
However,
Rick Vesco and all of the others really did a good job with setting up the relevant stops on the tour with a total of 8 stops. I personally learned a lot of the different areas of concern on the North side of 80.....We were under a little time pressure to get through it all but again Rick, Roger, Russ and others put a lot of effort into it with a very good explanation with multiple pictures at each stop
with questions directed to the BLM, Geologists, Intrepid and others. The tour lasted about 3 hours ending at noon. Sid and I were impressed and talked to as many of the people on the tour as possible. I would say there really seemed to be a "positive attitude" from everyone there. Now we need to see if there will be an accepted plan by Intrepid and the BLM. Without that, the options are limited. I highly doubt it will fix itself.
Again, we did not get to go see the settle ponds or the Salt piles on the south side of the highway during the tour. It certainly would be nice to see it to get a good understanding of what the salt consistency is without the potash in it. It may also lead to some ideas of how to get that part of the reclamation going quicker if we can put our heads together. In my opinion all this will take is work/time and money to accomplish. Simple eh? We know that there is a huge need to put the unused Salt back on the North side of 80. In my opinion, that is the biggest thing that will help start to restore a surface we all crave. It may be easier said than done though.
Looking at the settle ponds and Salt piles could be an agenda item for the next meeting I am sure Rick and Roger are working on. I do remember them mentioning a timeline for a next meeting in the near future? I will let them comment on that.
Anyway it will take significant efforts from a lot of people to really get something underway. I can tell you it was no easy feat getting ALL of the people there on a Monday morning. Good job Utah Alliance! Remember a lot of us were there on our own dime to show support. We can scream and holler and jump up and down but right now that will not help. The best way we can all help is to be positive on this forum. If we want help from the BLM and Intrepid we shouldn't be slinging mud. No pun intended....There will be enough of that with the Presidential election coming next year....
Now that's a thought....getting one of the presidential hopefuls to start talking about it? Anybody have direct contact with the candidates? Right now we do need a lot of press to get the public concerned and talking about it.
Cheers everyone
Burton
